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Does anybody remember this movie classic with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine? ... by chance I picked up a bargain-basement DVD to remind me of early days playing the Frank Loesser score ... and am presently working my way through the lot ... so far Luck Be A Lady is under fingers, as is A Woman in Love ... still to go

If I were a BellI’ll KnowGuys and DollsSit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat

Just thought someone out there might like to be reminded of the "good times" (did they really have all those crap-playin’, gamblin’ crooks in NY?) ... and have included a montage shot of the movie and the first page of Guys and Dolls ... to spark interest.

When you see a guy ... reach for stars in the sky ...You can bet that he’s doing it for some doll;When you spot a John waiting out in the rain ...Chances are he’s insane as only a John can be for a Jane.

When you meet a gent ... paying all kinds of rent ... For a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal ...Call it sad, call it funny, but it’s better than even moneyThat the guy’s only doing it for some doll.

On the other hand

When you see a dame ... change the shape of her frameYou can bet she’s reducing it for some guy; When you find a Doll with her diamond in hock ...Rest assured the rock has gone to stock some gentleman Jock.

When you see a mouse ... hurry out of the house ...And she runs twenty blocks for cigars and rye ...Call it dumb, call it clever, ah, but you can give the odds foreverThat the doll’s only doing it for some guy.

Have you noticed that Dolls are no longer Dolls, but are now included under the title of Guys...how often have you said recently something like "Are you guys..." when referring to a couple or mixed group?

Are Dolls just another victim of Political Correctness?

What do you "guys" say?

JF

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Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frederic Chopin

Have you noticed that Dolls are no longer Dolls, but are now included under the title of Guys...how often have you said recently something like "Are you guys..." when referring to a couple or mixed group?

Are Dolls just another victim of Political Correctness?

What do you "guys" say?

JF

I'll bet that someone in Chocolatetown who uses the term "doll" today is probably adressing ... a guy ! This isn't Kansas anymore !

Ah, the Guys and Dolls songbook, an intellectual who reads books you are, Springbok. I betchou been to univoisidy, when you coulda been loinin' about life with the guys that know about life, down on the Great White Way.

Have you noticed that Dolls are no longer Dolls, but are now included under the title of Guys...how often have you said recently something like "Are you guys..." when referring to a couple or mixed group?

Are Dolls just another victim of Political Correctness?

What do you "guys" say?

JF

I'll bet that someone in Chocolatetown who uses the term "doll" today is probably adressing ... a guy ! This isn't Kansas anymore !

Yes, but not just in Chocolatetown....

I suspect that future revivals of "Guys and Dolls" will be called "Guys and Guys"...with at least 4 possible combinations of guys...maybe more, depending on whether or not the term "guy" extends to gay-doll-guys (so to speak)...

JF

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Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frederic Chopin